ODHA screens commissioner nominees

The Selection and Screening Committee of the Ondo State House of Assembly yesterday continued the ongoing screening exercise of commissioner nominees with the screening of seven more nominees.

The screening of seven additional commissioner nominees brought to 13 the total number of commissioner nominees screened so far.

The Committee had on Monday successfully screened six out of the 18 commissioner nominees whose names were earlier forwarded to the House by the state Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, for confirmation.

The screening exercise started at exactly 1pm on Monday shortly after the House rose from the plenary sitting where it passed the 2017 OSOPADEC budget into law.

First to be screened was a former Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon Toafiq Abdulsalam, from Akoko North-East, followed by Mr Rasheed Badmus, Akoko North-West.

One of the Commissioner nominees, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi, described his experience with the committee as very exciting, adding that the committee was serious minded and did what was normal to move the state forward.

According to him, the way and manner the committee conducted the exercise attested to the fact that the lawmakers were passionate and concerned about the development of the state.

Responding on behalf of the Screening Committee, the Parliamentary Secretary, Hon. Jamiu Maito, disclosed that the performances of the commissioner nominees clearly showed that they are capable of holding any portfolio that may be assigned to them by the Governor.

According to him, those screened so far displayed high sense of brilliance and competence.